Steel tie and rail-joint.



P. A. HALEY.

STEEL TIE AND RAIL JOINT.

APLIGATIoN FILED JAN. 27. 1909.

Patented Jan. 18, 1910.

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NIW 1li lh Il Il STATES en "ENr orifice.

PATRICK A. HALEY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

STEEL TIE AND RAIL-JOINT.

To aZ-Z'whom 'it Be it known that, I, PATRCH. A. HALEY, a

citizen-of 1the 4UnitedStates, residing at Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of. Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Steel Ties and Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to improvements in railway ties.

The primary object of theinvention is the provision of a metal tiewhichshall be of such construction that it may be manufacturecl by arolling process, whereby 6o enable the tie to be manufactured and soldat a cost no greater than the cost of a wooden tie. A further object ofthe invention is the provision of a rail-joint which will prevent thecreeping of the rails one with relation to the other, and the provisionof means for fastening the rails at the joints to the ties which willprevent the rails from creeping. with relation to the ties.

With the above and other objects in view the .invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arran ement of parts hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing,wherein Figure 1 is a sectional view of a tie, rail joint .and railfastening constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 -is a topplan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a view in end elevation of the tie. Fig. 4'is a view similar'to Fig. 1, illustrating a modification of the railfastening. Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on a plane extendingtransversely through one of a pair of lrails connected with a jointconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 6 is a perspectiveview of a fra entar'yT portion of one of the fish plates o therailjoint.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, 1 designates the top,and 2 the sides of a hollow railwaytie constructed in accordance with myinvention the ends of the tie being fully open. The tiesconstructed ofmetal, and the sides 2 thereof incline out'-4 wardly and downwardly,terminating. in horizontally disposed flanges 3. The sides 2 of the tieare heldE against lateral distortion by means of straps 4 which areformed with overhanging li s V5 having interlockin'g engagement wit theYflanges 3 of the Specification of Letters Patent. :u Appiication filedJanuary 27, 1309. Serial. No. 474,528.

are secured to the tie.

PatentedJan. 1.8, 1910.-

tie. The straps Ll are secured in applied lposition hy means ol boltso1' their equivalents. The top 1 of the tie is provided with a pluralityof openings 7 through which pass theholts by which the trackfastenil'igs To permit the npplication and removal of the bolts, thcsides 2 of the tie are provided with hand holes 8. The bolts may also beapplied -und removed through the open ends ot' the tie.

`The rail joint comprises a pair of fish plates 9 which are secured tothe opposite sides of the webs 10 of the rails by bolts 11. On theirinner sides the fish plates 9 are provided with annular project-ions 12which surround the bolt receiving openings 13, said projections fittingin corresponding de pressions 14. in the wchs 10 of the rails andpreventing the rails from creeping one with relation to the other. Therails are secured to the tieat their joints by means of track fastenings14.- which are secured to the tie by bolts l5, said bolts passingthrough the openings 7 in the top 1 -of the tie and may be applied fromthe open ends of the tie or through the hand holds 8. The under sides oi`the track fustcnings 14 are recessed as at 16 to receive the flanges 1Tof the rails. At their inner sides the track fastenings. 14 are formedwith lugs 18 which lit in openings 19 in the fish plates 9, said y lugspreventing the rails from having any movement with relation to the ties.The track fastening's are provided on their upper sides withstrengthening ribs 20. These track fastenings are only used at thejoints of the rails. The track fasteuings used at other-.points in thelength 'of the rails are not provided with the lugs 18. At such pointswhere it is found impossible to use these track fastenings trackfastenings such as 21 are used. Thetraek'fiistening 21 is provided atone end wiLh an overhanging lip 22 which engages one of the flanges ofthe rail. The track fasteningv is mounted in a recs 23 formed in the top1 of the tie and is secured in position by means of boltst.

It should be apparent from the above del.sc ription. taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing, thatI provide a metal tiefwhich issimple, durable and efficient, whichffit'nfaybe manufactured by `arolling 'procesa-land: which may be f manufactured and sold at acomparatively low cost. Vlt l may be made when desired-`as are withinshould also he apparent that. the rail joint .and track fastening aresimple, durable and etlcient, and that they may be manufactured and soldat a comparatively low cost.

As the rail joint prevents the rails from creeping one with relation tothe other, and

`as the track' fastening prevents the rails fron: creeping with relationto the ties, the

contrmetion and jar of the rails will not separate the rails attheirmectmg ends. The rail joint and track fnstenlngcannot 1n any Wrayinterfere with 4the expansion and contraction of tl1e"'rails.- i\

Vhile I have' described the method of operation of the invention,together with the apparatus which I now consider to be the bestembodimentthereof, I desire to have it understood that the apparatusshown is merely illnstratiyc and that such changes the scope of theappended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:- A

'lhe combination with a. tie und with pair of rails provided withdepressions in their webs, of fish plates secured to the webs andprovided on their inncr'sides with projections which tit in thedepressions, said fish plates being provided with o en ings,

track'fastenings provided on theifirtner A sides with lugs which titinthe openingsvin the fish plates, and means securing the trackfastcnings to the tie. ,l

In testimony whereof I atix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

PATRICK A. HALEY Witnesses:

JOHN KossU'ri-I, VILLIAM BROWN.

